Big screen ideas

Australia - you're standing in it but you probably haven't seen it (though you probably feel like you have with all the fuss). I've seen the movie at a special preview screening (not that special: no Nicole or Hugh or horses in sight) and I won't bother giving away the plot - you know that already even if you don't want to know about it - because I was there to take in the costumes and the beauty looks.

There was clear, pale skin (guess whose?) against the odds of heat and sun, and natural eyes and lips to complement the dramatic landscape and the era. Simple but inspiring: I think I'll dig out the bronze eye shadows again, work the natural long lash.
I mustn't be the only filmgoer with a beauty agenda. Don't tell Baz we're not there for the plot or cinematography. Although it only came on board as a promotional partner after the film was shot (something to do with Nicole's contract with Chanel?), Natio has released a limited edition collection of mineral lipsticks ''inspired by the essence of the film'' (though not the film's mega-budget: the lipsticks are $14.95) so there's obviously a market.
Do you find movies a source of inspiration for beauty looks? Marie Antoinette had me ramping up the colour. Atonement had me doing lips with a rosy, swollen just-kissed look. Sex and the City just made me want to shop.
If not movies, what visual source inspires you? TV shows, fashion pages, ads?
What's inspired you to try it yourself at home?

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by Natasha HughesNovember 23, 2008 12:00 AM

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There was nothing "natural" about Nicole's lips in the movie.

Posted by: taylorboldbeautiful at November 25, 2008 2:10 PM

Lol Too true.

There was nothing "natural" about Nicole's lips in the movie.

Posted by: taylorboldbeautiful at November 25, 2008 2:10 PM

Posted by: grumpy..no its just PMS at November 26, 2008 4:48 PM

There is nothing natural about Nicole Kidman - period! She used to be gorgeous years ago when she was a natural redhead and hadn't had everthing altered by cosmetic surgery. Nothing moves on her face! She looks terrible. To make matters worse she denies having anything done. Personally I love makeup, always have so would be influenced by magazines and reading about products and what works. Does anyone know of a good long lasting eye pencil? Have tried them all. Because I line the inner rim of my eye I find they fade off quickly and need a longer lasting one. Cheers! :-)

Posted by: Veruca Salt at November 26, 2008 10:33 PM

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Natasha Hughes has been a beauty junkie since the day Santa brought some Avon 'It's a Small World After All' Indian squaw perfume (which she still has). A journalist in London and Beirut before joining The Age and rejoining Australia in 2002, Natasha cannot but succumb to the possibilities a new mascara offers and thinks people who sunbathe are idiots.